Identification device



Patented Mar. 27, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE A. H. Rice Company,

Pittsfield, Mass, a company of Massachusetts Application December 31,1931, Serial No. 584,032

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in identification devices and hasparticular reference to a color chart employed especially for obtainingthe desired color of thread to be used in sewing a particular fabric.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved chart of simple andpractical construction, which will facilitate the selection of a desiredcolor of thread to be employed in sewing a certain fabric by matching apiece of said fabric with samples contained in said chart.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetailed description, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing-- Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of the color chartconstructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of one of the sample mountings employed with thechart;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional View through the chart; and

Figure 4 is a sectional View on the line 44 of Figure 2.

The device of the present invention is especially adapted for use insecuring the proper color of thread necessary to match a fabric to besewn so that there will be no contrast in color when the fabric has beenstitched with the selectedthread. To this end, a plurality of samples offabrics of different colors and various shades of the same color areprovided for the chart, which will enable a person to match a particularpiece of fabric and thereupon, through suitable identifying indicia,obtain a spool of thread of the desired color.

A practical embodiment of the invention, as shown in the drawing,comprises a base consisting of superimposed layers 5, 6 and 7, thelayers 5 and '7 being formed by folding a sheet along the edge 8 and thelayer 6 constituting a separate sheet interposed between the first-namedlayers. In its final form, the edges of the layers opposite the edge 8may be secured together by a suitable adhesive and provided withapertures 9 permitting insertion of the chart into a loose-leaf binder.The two layers 5 and 7 are provided in order that a plurality of thesample mountings presently to be described may be attached to oppositesides of the base of the chart.

Each of the layers 5 and '7 is provided with series of opposed slots 10arranged in pairs and 1 associated with one of the slots of each pairand arranged alongside of the same is a sight opening 11 through whichidentifying indicia upon one of the sample mountings 12 is visible whensaid mounting is in position on the base. The mounting 12 is preferablymade of a strip of flexible material having a short extension 13 at oneend and an elongated extension 14 at its opposite end, with the face ofthe latter extension provided with a character, such as the numeral 15,which will identify the particular color of the sample of fabric 16 onthe body of the mounting. This sample 16 may be of any color and, asshown in Figure 4, the same is doubled upon itself and provided adjacentits folded edge with one or more rows of stitches 17 of a matchedthread. One of the layers of the fabric is preferably secured to themounting 12 by adhesive and, if desired, one side of the fabric, such asthe outside, may be of a dull luster and the opposite side, which may beviewed by lifting the top layer of the folded sample, may be of a brightluster, thus enabling the user of the chart to match a fabric of acertain color which has either a dull or a bright luster. Each of themountings 12 is supported upon the base of the chart by inserting theextensions 13 and 14 in the opposed slots 10 of a pair, whereupon saidextensions will be interposed between the intermediate layer 6 andeither of the outer layers 5 or '7, with the character 20 appearingthrough the opening 11 associated with said pair of slots.

Alongside of each pair of slots and the associated opening, there isprinted or otherwise applied to each of the layers 5 and '7 furtheridentifying indicia in the form of characters, such as the numbers 18,employed to designate the particular drawer of a cabinet or the like inwhich the spool of thread of the desired color indicated by thecharacter 15 on the sample mounting may be found, thus eliminating thenecessity of repeatedly matching the fabric to be used with differentspools of thread until the proper color of thread is located.

From the foregoing description, it Will be seen that the inventionprovides a simple and eflicient means for rapidly matching fabrics withthreads and that the use of the sample fabrics 16 facilitates and betterenables the user of the chart to obtain an exact match in colors.

What is claimed is:

1. A color chart for determining the color of thread to be used insewing fabric of predetermined color, said chart comprising a base, aplurality of mountings supported upon said base, a sample of fabric of apredetermined color for each mounting, such sample being folded uponitself and secured along its folded edge to said mounting, with theopposite edges of said sample unattached to said mounting or to eachother whereby both sides of the sample may be rendered visible formatching a thread therewith, and cooperating identifying indicia on eachmounting and 'on said base for determining the thread which matches thecolor of said sample and the location of a spool of said thread.

2. A color chart for determining the color of thread to be used insewing fabric of predetermined color, said chart comprising a base, aplurality of mountings supported upon said base, a sample of fabric of apredetermined color attached to each mounting, said sample beingattached to said mounting by being sewed thereto with thread of theproperly matched color and cooperating identifying indicia at eachmounting carried on said base for determining the thread which matchesthe color of said sample and the classification of the spool of saidthread.

3. A color chart for determining the color of thread to be used insewing fabric of a predetermined color, said chart comprising a base, aplurality of mountings supported upon said base, a sample of fabric of apredetermined color for each mounting, said sample being provided withone side having a dull finish and the other side having a lustrousfinish and being sewed at one edge to said mounting, with the oppositeedges of said sample being unattached to said mounting, whereby-bothsides of the sample may be rendered visible for matching a threadtherewith and cooperating identifying indicia at each mounting carriedon said base for determining the thread which matches the color of saidsample and the classification of the spool of said thread.

BESSIE H. STINE.

